Niranjana, Melissa and Andy Perdue

It's official: pants are out, dresses are in.

Today we succeeded with a skort, but returned a cute pair of shorts to the store because Miss N. claimed she would never wear them.

Target had a great selection of cotton sundresses. Six of them (each priced $6.99 or less) made it home with us. In less than 48 hours, two of those dresses already have passed the dirt test.

The orphanage closet seemed stocked with dresses and skirt-type outfits, appropriate for Indian girls. We were told that Niranjana would stand there and go through the entire inventory as part of her morning wardrobe selection process. Aunt V. thinks it was her way of showing her individuality and getting some attention.

I'm all for developing personality, but it's a bit of a pain in the mornings — especially when we did select an outfit the night before. The routine is that I hold up each dress she owns and she says "no, no, no, no, maybe.....not, no, no, no, yes!"

Maybe we need to redo the closet so Niranjana can reach her own clothes?